INTO PRIMEVAL PAPUA BY SEAPLANE
PILOT PECK "GASSING UP"
Whether gas and oil will actually be waiting at the spot where it is hoped to find them is
the constant nightmare of flyers in wild countries. The seaplane used by the Expedition could
carry sufficient fuel to make a round-trip flight of 800 miles with safety. It was designed with
folding wings and was completely assembled when taken from the steamer at Samarai.
Photographs by Dr. E. W. Brandes
HAULING A CROCODILE UP POLE STEPS TO BASE CAMP
In one day, about this camp, the men shot seven large crocodiles. These reptiles are very
aggressive in Papua, and hence are much respected by natives.
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